Episode #604: Cancer...You Suck
First Broadcast: 5/14/12
Even though I misquoted Alton Brown, the sentiment still stands. This week, our show is all about Adam Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, a.k.a. Nathanial Hörnblowér, who died on May 4, 2012, from cancer of the salivary gland. We talk about his innovative career as one of the founding members of the Beastie Boys, how his death seemed to hit harder than that of Maurice Sendak, and how he and the other Beasties retained the respect of their fans by--I think, in addition to continually creating good music--never selling out, and never even needing to sell out. I hope for New York's sake that more people like Yauch are out there. He will be sadly missed.
So, what is Free New York anyway? The simple answer is that it's a
this neat little
public access TV show on
Manhattan Neighborhood Network which I co-produce with the
tremendous help of my camerawoman/editor/everything else,
Kim. The complicated answer
is that it's a project of mine to broadcast opinions and events which
don't always appear within "the mainstream media" (like The New York Times,
the major networks, local radio, etc.), and so far I think it's been working.
If you think I'm doing a good job--or not--and you feel
like sending me snail mail, the address is:
Free New York
P.O. Box 20945
Tompkins Square Station
New York, NY 10009
You can also email me at fny@freenewyork.net, which should get to me a lot faster than the snail mail.
Check back later. I'm sure something will turn up.
Sadness Is A World With No Peanuts
SOME INTERVIEWS ABOUT SUCKING INTERNS DON'T SUCK
Read all about my letter, which was published in the New York Press on July 9, 1997.
Here you can view an op-ed I sent to the New York Times, which they never printed. Maybe I'll add an even larger essay in the future.
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